well i definitely wish i can incorporate this industry/hobby into a job or some sort of supplemental income where i can at least do this as a job part time. My biggest dream is to own a house and renovate a spare room or area like a garage or basement into a full blown reptile room and even though i do not do this as a job i do know two people locally that do this full time and have done so for a few decades. One of my neighbors also does this as a part time business and owns several other businesses on top of that so thats 3 people i know who do this on a pro level.

Oh yeah, I do get a trust fund check every month… plus I do art commissions on the side as well as work for a local breeder doing cleaning and maintenance with their snakes and rodents. I have several side hustles going for me

Mine has become my full time job for pretty much the past 4 years after having to stop working due to going into kidney failure for the second time and going back on dialysis. Got my second transplant just over 2 years ago now and have made growing my business into my full time job. Couldn’t really go back into healthcare.

I started Azo Reptiles in a 1 bedroom apartment. Now I have 3910 SQ foot 3 story building that I own, and another space I rent. Took me almost 10 years to get here so it can be done. I don’t live like a rock star and live in an area where the cost of living is low.

Wow, that’s serious! Hope everything is oke with your health now and this kidney will keep doing it’s job for many years. Being forced to stop work is not a good thing, but than replacing it with reptile business, I can not think of any other better and nicer replacing job.

It’s definitely something I would love to do though, and even if I was unable to get a job working directly, I would love to side hustle doing educational events with reptiles. We need more people coming into this, and less people who are scared and think that scalies are horrible